"fetter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfet.ə/ [General-Australian], /ˈfɛt.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɛt.ɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-fetter.ogg Forms: fetters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛtə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English feter, from Old English feter, Proto-West Germanic *fetur, from Proto-Germanic *feturaz (“fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“foot, step”). Cognate with Dutch veter (“lace”). Related to foot. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|feter}} Middle English feter, {{inh|en|ang|feter}} Old English feter, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*fetur}} Proto-West Germanic *fetur, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*feturaz|t=fetter}} Proto-Germanic *feturaz (“fetter”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*ped-|t=foot, step}} Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“foot, step”), {{cog|nl|veter||lace}} Dutch veter (“lace”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fetter (plural fetters)
  1. A chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal – often by its legs (usually in plural). Translations (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs): πέδη (pédē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), δεσμός (desmós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), غُلّ (ḡull) [masculine] (Arabic), أَغْلال (ʔaḡlāl) [plural] (Arabic), ڭيد (gīd) (english: between front legs of horses) [Moroccan-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), شكال (škal) (english: between front and rear legs of horses) [Moroccan-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), ոտնակապ (otnakap) (Armenian), buxov (Azerbaijani), букаи (bukai) [plural] (Bulgarian), окови (okovi) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), ထူး (htu:) (Burmese), grilló [masculine] (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (liào, liáo) (Chinese Mandarin), kişen (Crimean Tatar), pouto [neuter] (Czech), lænke [common-gender] (Danish), fodlænke (english: on feet specifically) [common-gender] (Danish), kluister [feminine] (Dutch), boei [feminine] (Dutch), kahleet [plural] (Finnish), kahle (Finnish), entrave [feminine] (French), fers [masculine, plural] (French), péga [feminine] (Galician), pexa [feminine] (Galician), traba [masculine] (Galician), solta [feminine] (Galician), ferros [masculine, plural] (Galician), Fessel [feminine] (German), Fußfessel (english: on feet specifically) [feminine] (German), Fußschelle [feminine] (German), 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹 (naudibandi) [feminine] (Gothic), béklyó (Hungarian), lábbilincs (Hungarian), laincis [feminine] (Irish), ferri [masculine, plural] (Italian), ceppi [masculine, plural] (Italian), vinculum [neuter] (Latin), compēs [feminine] (Latin), pyto [neuter] (Lower Sorbian), о́ков (ókov) [masculine] (Macedonian), пра́нга (pránga) [feminine] (Macedonian), enfèrrias [feminine, plural] (Occitan), enfèrris [masculine, plural] (Occitan), entrava [feminine] (Occitan), trava [feminine] (Occitan), պարաւանդ (parawand) (Old Armenian), بوقاغی (bukağı) (Ottoman Turkish), زنجیر (zincir) (Ottoman Turkish), كوستك (köstek) (Ottoman Turkish), پرانقه (pranka) (english: made of wood) (Ottoman Turkish), طومروق (tomruk) (english: made of wood) (Ottoman Turkish), غل و زنجیر (ğol o zanjir) (Persian), بند (band) (Persian), اشکیل (eškil) (Persian), Iesa (nds) [neuter] (Plautdietsch), Spaunsel [neuter] (Plautdietsch), kajdany [plural] (Polish), okowy [plural] (Polish), pęto [neuter] (Polish), pęta [plural] (Polish), ferros [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), grilhões [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), grilhetas [feminine, plural] (Portuguese), peia [feminine] (Portuguese), пу́ты (púty) [feminine, plural] (Russian), око́вы (okóvy) [feminine, plural] (Russian), кандалы́ (kandalý) [masculine, plural] (Russian), dì-leum [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), cuibhreach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), grillos [masculine, plural] (Spanish), pihuelas [feminine, plural] (Spanish), manea (note: for animals) [feminine] (Spanish), pihuela (note: for birds) [feminine] (Spanish), fotboja [common-gender] (Swedish), ตรวน (dtruuan) (Thai), śanmau (Tocharian B), pranga (Turkish), köstek (Turkish), пу́та (púta) [neuter, plural] (Ukrainian), око́ви (okóvy) [plural] (Ukrainian), epîtoe [masculine] (Walloon), llyffethair [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-fetter-en-noun-lCO3vEXt Categories (other): Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Crimean Tatar translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Old Armenian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 43 33 16 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 43 33 16 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 43 33 16 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Crimean Tatar translations: 39 35 16 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 47 31 15 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 44 32 16 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 43 33 16 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Armenian translations: 45 31 15 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 43 33 16 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 42 34 16 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 43 33 16 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 43 33 16 8 Disambiguation of 'object used to bind a person or animal by its legs': 99 1
  2. (figurative) Anything that restricts or restrains. Tags: figuratively Translations (anything that restricts or restrains in any way): δεσμός (desmós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), buxov (Azerbaijani), окови (okovi) [plural] (Bulgarian), obstacle [masculine] (Catalan), 束縛 (Chinese Cantonese), 束缚 (cuk¹ bok³) (Chinese Cantonese), 限制 (haan⁶ zai³) (Chinese Cantonese), kahle (Finnish), entrave [feminine] (French), obstacle [masculine] (French), pega [feminine] (Galician), pexa [feminine] (Galician), traba [feminine] (Galician), obstáculo [masculine] (Galician), bilincs (Hungarian), lánc (Hungarian), ostacoli [masculine, plural] (Italian), vinculum [neuter] (Latin), о́ков (ókov) [masculine] (Macedonian), entrava [feminine] (Occitan), obstacle [masculine] (Occitan), trava [feminine] (Occitan), enfèrris [masculine, plural] (Occitan), قید (qeyd) (Persian), قید و بند (english: qeyd o band) (Persian), grilhões [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), peia [feminine] (Portuguese), пу́ты (púty) [plural] (Russian), око́вы (okóvy) [feminine, plural] (Russian), राहुल (rāhula) (Sanskrit), grillos [masculine, plural] (Spanish), pihuela [feminine] (Spanish), traba [feminine] (Spanish), obstáculo [masculine] (Spanish), köstek (Turkish), aroke [feminine] (Walloon), atna [masculine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-fetter-en-noun-lx5RMRvy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Crimean Tatar translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Lower Sorbian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Old Irish translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tocharian B translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Walloon translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 63 10 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 52 17 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 31 40 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 21 52 14 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 49 16 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 22 52 14 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 22 51 14 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Crimean Tatar translations: 39 35 16 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 15 66 10 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 19 45 19 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 16 56 15 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 51 14 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 43 20 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 22 51 14 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 51 14 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 21 56 12 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 22 51 14 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 14 60 14 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 22 51 14 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 16 56 15 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 22 51 14 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 16 56 15 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Lower Sorbian translations: 17 61 12 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 21 48 13 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations: 23 64 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 30 44 15 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 26 47 12 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Irish translations: 27 47 13 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 32 41 16 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 7 81 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 23 43 18 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 42 34 16 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 16 56 15 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 22 52 14 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 23 50 14 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 55 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 22 52 14 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Tocharian B translations: 22 73 3 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 22 52 14 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 22 51 14 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Walloon translations: 22 51 14 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 19 46 19 16 Disambiguation of 'anything that restricts or restrains in any way': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: leg irons Hyponyms: handcuff, manacle, shackle, handcuffs, leg irons, manacles, shackles

Verb

IPA: /ˈfet.ə/ [General-Australian], /ˈfɛt.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɛt.ɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-fetter.ogg Forms: fetters [present, singular, third-person], fettering [participle, present], fettered [participle, past], fettered [past]
Rhymes: -ɛtə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English feter, from Old English feter, Proto-West Germanic *fetur, from Proto-Germanic *feturaz (“fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“foot, step”). Cognate with Dutch veter (“lace”). Related to foot. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|feter}} Middle English feter, {{inh|en|ang|feter}} Old English feter, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*fetur}} Proto-West Germanic *fetur, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*feturaz|t=fetter}} Proto-Germanic *feturaz (“fetter”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*ped-|t=foot, step}} Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“foot, step”), {{cog|nl|veter||lace}} Dutch veter (“lace”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} fetter (third-person singular simple present fetters, present participle fettering, simple past and past participle fettered)
  1. (transitive) To shackle or bind up with fetters. Tags: transitive Translations (to shackle or bind up with fetters): δέω (déō) (Ancient Greek), πεδάω (pedáō) (Ancient Greek), ڭيد (geyyed) (english: between both front legs of horses) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), شكل (šekkel) (english: between front and hind leg of horses) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), оковавам (okovavam) (Bulgarian), engrillonar (Catalan), 束縛 (Chinese Mandarin), 束缚 (shùfù, shùfú) (Chinese Mandarin), alkateni (Esperanto), kahlita (Finnish), entraver (French), pexar (Galician), katenizar (Ido), cuibhrigh (Irish), incatenare (Italian), оковува (okovuva) (Macedonian), con·rig (Old Irish), بوقاغیلمق (bukağılamak) (Ottoman Turkish), كوستكلمك (kösteklemek) (Ottoman Turkish), بستن (bastan) (Persian), agrilhoar (Portuguese), заковывать (zakovyvatʹ) (Russian), cuibhrich (Scottish Gaelic), engrillar (Spanish), aherrojar (Spanish), fjättra (Swedish), bukağılamak (Turkish), pranga vurmak (Turkish), kösteklemek (Turkish), epîter (Walloon), efirdjî (Walloon), epasturer (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-fetter-en-verb-Bh4PrtrL Categories (other): Terms with Crimean Tatar translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Crimean Tatar translations: 39 35 16 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 42 34 16 8 Disambiguation of 'to shackle or bind up with fetters': 97 3
  2. (transitive) To restrain or impede; to hamper. Tags: transitive Translations (to restrain or impede): δέω (déō) (Ancient Greek), πεδάω (pedáō) (Ancient Greek), спъвам (spǎvam) (Bulgarian), ограничавам (ograničavam) (Bulgarian), impedir (Catalan), 束縛 (Chinese Mandarin), 束缚 (shùfù, shùfú) (Chinese Mandarin), kahlita (Finnish), rajoittaa (Finnish), entraver (French), ostacolare (Italian), teneo (Latin), agrilhoar (Portuguese), сковывать (skovyvatʹ) (Russian), свя́зывать (svjázyvatʹ) (Russian), impedir (Spanish), pranga vurmak (Turkish), kösteklemek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fetter-en-verb-57~RazK3 Disambiguation of 'to restrain or impede': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: handcuff, manacle, shackle Derived forms: unfetter

Inflected forms

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          "word": "ထူး"
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          "word": "grilló"
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          "word": "鐐"
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          "roman": "liào, liáo",
          "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
          "word": "镣"
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          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
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          "word": "kişen"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pouto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "lænke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "da",
          "english": "on feet specifically",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "fodlænke"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kluister"
        },
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          "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "boei"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "22 51 14 13",
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          "ref": "1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe, Prologue:",
          "text": "Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 6, in Frankenstein, archived from the original on 2013-05-08:",
          "text": "He looks upon study as an odious fetter; his time is spent in the open air, climbing the hills or rowing on the lake.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1910, Erwin Rosen, “Prolog”, in In the Foreign Legion, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2012:",
          "text": "That was the turning-point of my life. I broke my fetters, and I fought a hard fight for a new career …",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "(figurative) Anything that restricts or restrains."
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ],
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          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "word": "buxov"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "okovi",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "окови"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "obstacle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "word": "束縛"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "cuk¹ bok³",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "word": "束缚"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "haan⁶ zai³",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "word": "限制"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "word": "kahle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "entrave"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "obstacle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pega"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pexa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "traba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "obstáculo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "desmós",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "δεσμός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "word": "bilincs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "word": "lánc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "ostacoli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vinculum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ókov",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "о́ков"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "entrava"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "obstacle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "trava"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "enfèrris"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "qeyd",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "word": "قید"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "fa",
          "english": "qeyd o band",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "word": "قید و بند"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "grilhões"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "peia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "púty",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "пу́ты"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "okóvy",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "око́вы"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "rāhula",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "word": "राहुल"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "grillos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pihuela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "traba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "obstáculo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "word": "köstek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aroke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "atna"
        }
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɛt.ɚ/",
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      "form": "fetters",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "fettering",
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          "name": "Terms with Crimean Tatar translations",
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        {
          "ref": "1788 June, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, “Mr. Sheridan’s Speech, on Summing Up the Evidence on the Second, or Begum Charge against Warren Hastings, Esq., Delivered before the High Court of Parliament, June 1788”, in Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary, with Prefatory Remarks by N[athaniel] Chapman, M.D., volume I, [Philadelphia, Pa.]: Published by Hopkins and Earle, no. 170, Market Street, published 1808, →OCLC, page 474:",
          "text": "The Begums' ministers, on the contrary, to extort from them the disclosure of the place which concealed the treasures, were, […] after being fettered and imprisoned, led out on to a scaffold, and this array of terrours proving unavailing, the meek tempered Middleton, as a dernier resort, menaced them with a confinement in the fortress of Chunargar. Thus, my lords, was a British garrison made the climax of cruelties!",
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        "(transitive) To shackle or bind up with fetters."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ary",
          "english": "between both front legs of horses",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "geyyed",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "tags": [
            "Moroccan-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "ڭيد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ary",
          "english": "between front and hind leg of horses",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "šekkel",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "tags": [
            "Moroccan-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "شكل"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "okovavam",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "оковавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "engrillonar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "束縛"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shùfù, shùfú",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "束缚"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "alkateni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "kahlita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "entraver"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "gl",
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          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "pexar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "grc",
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          "roman": "déō",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "δέω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "pedáō",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "πεδάω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "katenizar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "cuibhrigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sga",
          "lang": "Old Irish",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "con·rig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "incatenare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "okovuva",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "оковува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "bukağılamak",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "بوقاغیلمق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "kösteklemek",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "كوستكلمك"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bastan",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "بستن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "agrilhoar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zakovyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "заковывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "cuibhrich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "engrillar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "aherrojar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "fjättra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "bukağılamak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "pranga vurmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "kösteklemek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "epîter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "efirdjî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
          "word": "epasturer"
        }
      ]
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
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          "roman": "spǎvam",
          "sense": "to restrain or impede",
          "word": "спъвам"
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          "roman": "ograničavam",
          "sense": "to restrain or impede",
          "word": "ограничавам"
        },
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          "sense": "to restrain or impede",
          "word": "impedir"
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          "sense": "to restrain or impede",
          "word": "束縛"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "shùfù, shùfú",
          "sense": "to restrain or impede",
          "word": "束缚"
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          "sense": "to restrain or impede",
          "word": "kahlita"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to restrain or impede",
          "word": "rajoittaa"
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
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          "sense": "to restrain or impede",
          "word": "entraver"
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
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          "roman": "déō",
          "sense": "to restrain or impede",
          "word": "δέω"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "pedáō",
          "sense": "to restrain or impede",
          "word": "πεδάω"
        },
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "to restrain or impede",
          "word": "ostacolare"
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "to restrain or impede",
          "word": "teneo"
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to restrain or impede",
          "word": "agrilhoar"
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          "word": "сковывать"
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
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          "word": "свя́зывать"
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "es",
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          "word": "impedir"
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          "code": "tr",
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          "sense": "to restrain or impede",
          "word": "pranga vurmak"
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to restrain or impede",
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          "ref": "1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 6, in Frankenstein, archived from the original on 2013-05-08:",
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      "word": "պարաւանդ"
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      "word": "buxov"
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      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
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      "word": "букаи"
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      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "word": "ထူး"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "grilló"
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      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "word": "鐐"
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      "roman": "liào, liáo",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "word": "镣"
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      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pouto"
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      "code": "da",
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      "word": "lænke"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fodlænke"
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      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kluister"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "kahleet"
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      "word": "kahle"
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      "word": "entrave"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
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        "plural"
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      "word": "fers"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "péga"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pexa"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "traba"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "solta"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ferros"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fessel"
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      "code": "de",
      "english": "on feet specifically",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fußfessel"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Fußschelle"
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      "code": "got",
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      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "δεσμός"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "word": "béklyó"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "word": "lábbilincs"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laincis"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ferri"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ceppi"
    },
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vinculum"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "compēs"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ókov",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "о́ков"
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      "roman": "pránga",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "пра́нга"
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      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
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      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "entrava"
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      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "trava"
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "bukağı",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "word": "بوقاغی"
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    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "zincir",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "word": "زنجیر"
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    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "köstek",
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      "word": "كوستك"
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    {
      "code": "ota",
      "english": "made of wood",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "pranka",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "word": "پرانقه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
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      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "tomruk",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "word": "طومروق"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ğol o zanjir",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "word": "غل و زنجیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "band",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "word": "بند"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "eškil",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "word": "اشکیل"
    },
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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Iesa (nds)"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Spaunsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "kajdany"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "okowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pęto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "pęta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ferros"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "grilhões"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "grilhetas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "púty",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "пу́ты"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okóvy",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "око́вы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kandalý",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "кандалы́"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dì-leum"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuibhreach"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pyto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "grillos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "pihuelas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "for animals",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "manea"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "for birds",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pihuela"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fotboja"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtruuan",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "word": "ตรวน"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "word": "śanmau"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "word": "pranga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "word": "köstek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "púta",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "пу́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "okóvy",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "око́ви"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "epîtoe"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "object used to bind a person or animal by its legs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "llyffethair"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "word": "buxov"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "okovi",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "окови"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obstacle"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "word": "束縛"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "cuk¹ bok³",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "word": "束缚"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "haan⁶ zai³",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "word": "限制"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "word": "kahle"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "entrave"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obstacle"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pega"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pexa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "traba"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obstáculo"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "desmós",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δεσμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "word": "bilincs"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "word": "lánc"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ostacoli"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vinculum"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ókov",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о́ков"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "entrava"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obstacle"
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trava"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "enfèrris"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qeyd",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "word": "قید"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "english": "qeyd o band",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "word": "قید و بند"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "grilhões"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "púty",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "пу́ты"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okóvy",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "око́вы"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "rāhula",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "word": "राहुल"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "grillos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pihuela"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "traba"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obstáculo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "word": "köstek"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aroke"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "anything that restricts or restrains in any way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atna"
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          "ref": "1788 June, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, “Mr. Sheridan’s Speech, on Summing Up the Evidence on the Second, or Begum Charge against Warren Hastings, Esq., Delivered before the High Court of Parliament, June 1788”, in Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary, with Prefatory Remarks by N[athaniel] Chapman, M.D., volume I, [Philadelphia, Pa.]: Published by Hopkins and Earle, no. 170, Market Street, published 1808, →OCLC, page 474:",
          "text": "The Begums' ministers, on the contrary, to extort from them the disclosure of the place which concealed the treasures, were, […] after being fettered and imprisoned, led out on to a scaffold, and this array of terrours proving unavailing, the meek tempered Middleton, as a dernier resort, menaced them with a confinement in the fortress of Chunargar. Thus, my lords, was a British garrison made the climax of cruelties!",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɛt.ɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-fetter.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5e/En-us-fetter.ogg/En-us-fetter.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/En-us-fetter.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛtə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ary",
      "english": "between both front legs of horses",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "geyyed",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "ڭيد"
    },
    {
      "code": "ary",
      "english": "between front and hind leg of horses",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šekkel",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "شكل"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "okovavam",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "оковавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "engrillonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "束縛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shùfù, shùfú",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "束缚"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "alkateni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "kahlita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "entraver"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "pexar"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "déō",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "δέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pedáō",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "πεδάω"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "katenizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "cuibhrigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "con·rig"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "incatenare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "okovuva",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "оковува"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "bukağılamak",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "بوقاغیلمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kösteklemek",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "كوستكلمك"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bastan",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "بستن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "agrilhoar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakovyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "заковывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "cuibhrich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "engrillar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "aherrojar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "fjättra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "bukağılamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "pranga vurmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "kösteklemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "epîter"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "efirdjî"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to shackle or bind up with fetters",
      "word": "epasturer"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spǎvam",
      "sense": "to restrain or impede",
      "word": "спъвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ograničavam",
      "sense": "to restrain or impede",
      "word": "ограничавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to restrain or impede",
      "word": "impedir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to restrain or impede",
      "word": "束縛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shùfù, shùfú",
      "sense": "to restrain or impede",
      "word": "束缚"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to restrain or impede",
      "word": "kahlita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to restrain or impede",
      "word": "rajoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to restrain or impede",
      "word": "entraver"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "déō",
      "sense": "to restrain or impede",
      "word": "δέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pedáō",
      "sense": "to restrain or impede",
      "word": "πεδάω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to restrain or impede",
      "word": "ostacolare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to restrain or impede",
      "word": "teneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to restrain or impede",
      "word": "agrilhoar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skovyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to restrain or impede",
      "word": "сковывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svjázyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to restrain or impede",
      "word": "свя́зывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to restrain or impede",
      "word": "impedir"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to restrain or impede",
      "word": "pranga vurmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to restrain or impede",
      "word": "kösteklemek"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fetter"
  ],
  "word": "fetter"
}

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